Kakum National Park
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Kakum National Park is a national park in Ghana; it is in the southern part of Ghana, in what is known as the Central Region. The Park was first established in 1990 from an area of 350 square kilometers to the north of Cape Coast and Elmina near the small town of Abrafo. The entire area is covered with tropical rainforest.
In the park gamekeepers were specially trained to make accessible to the visiting tourists some important tropical plants on the grounds and their relevant medicinal significance. Besides the plant world, which partly also comprises rare species, the Kakum National Park presents rare animals, including the very rare and endangered Mona-meerkat, as well as pygmy elephants, forest buffalo, civet cats and a highly developed bird world.
Kakum National Park also has a round tour over a hanging bridge in the forest canopy level. From the so-called Canopy Walkway, at up to 40 m (130 ft) height, the visitor can approach the plants and animals in their living space which would otherwise be inaccessible for people. The Canopy Walkway passes over 7 bridges and runs over a length of 330 m (1,100 ft).
[edit] External links
- KAKUM NATIONAL PARK & MORE
- Travel information from Conservation International.
- Photo Gallery of Kakum National Forest's Canopy Walk
[edit] Sources
This article draws heavily on the corresponding article in the German-language Wikipedia, which was accessed in the version of 26 August 2006.
Coordinates: 5°25′N 1°19′W / 5.417°N 1.317°W
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